[164] "She perplexes and puzzles me," said Mr. Roscoe; "no, her reason is not impaired; it is acute and vigorous, and she is moving in a new pathway of religious inquiry, but I cannot follow her.
— from The Sheepfold and the Common; Or, Within and Without. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Timothy East

No, it did not; only to continue my story I must introduce a new character; and to introduce that new character I must go back a little.
— from Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

In spite of its acknowledged inutility we are content to pay very large sums in maintaining it, and no other method of treatment could be suddenly substituted.
— from The Criminal by Havelock Ellis

For how can a wife be a companion to a husband when she is made irritable and nervous from overwork and worry.
— from Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy

I have some spirit in me; I am not a woman to be trodden underfoot—and so Mrs. Farnaby shall find, before she is many days older.”
— from The Fallen Leaves by Wilkie Collins

In the strait is Mackinac Island, about nine miles in circumference, which was early held by the French on account of its strategic importance, but, being taken by the English in 1760, was captured by Pontiac when he organized the Indian revolt against the British in 1763, and all its inhabitants massacred.
— from America, Volume 2 (of 6) by Joel Cook

But if I may say it, mamma, I am not very sorry.
— from The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1 by Philip Wharton